Timeline for robots

By beekay

  • Shakey, a robot, showed how a machine could use movement, sight and problem-solving

  • Freddy, a Scotish robot, is able to sue sight to find parts and assemble models

  • ALVN becomes the start of a car that could drive very long distances under computer control

  • TD-Gammon plays backammon at championship level against human players

  • Robo-Cup soccer begins, 40 teams of interative robots compete

  • Smart toys, or robot pets, are available commercially

  • Rover robot explores the surface of Mars